Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from diffuse sources in coastal sediments of a not industrialised mediterranean Island

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 199-209

  Berto, Daniela ^a   Cacciatore, Federica ^a   Ausili, Antonella ^a   Sunseri, Giuseppe ^a   Bellucci, Luca G ^b   Frignani, Mauro ^b   Albertazzi, Sonia ^b   Giani, Michele ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; PAHs; Sedimentation rate; Sediments; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; DIFFUSE SOURCES; FLUORANTHENE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PAHS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROGENIC SOURCES; SEDIMENTARY FLUXES; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COASTAL ZONES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND; MARINE PARK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 67349221192     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9904-8     Document Type: Article

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